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Informative Autograph Letter SIGNED, 5 separate 4to pages written to "Mrs. Kenneth Patchen" on accompanying envelope, postmarked, March 20, 1958

Informative Autograph Letter SIGNED, 5 separate 4to pages written to "Mrs. Kenneth Patchen" on accompanying envelope, postmarked, March 20, 1958 by PATCHEN, KENNETH

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Seller: Schulson Autographs
Title
Informative Autograph Letter SIGNED, 5 separate 4to pages written to "Mrs. Kenneth Patchen" on accompanying envelope, postmarked, March 20, 1958
Author
PATCHEN, KENNETH
Seller
Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
In this long and substantive letter written from Hollywood to his wife, Patchen writes about an offer by composer Harry Geller (1913-2008) to compose a libretto for an opera Geller would write. Patchen shares the assurances he received about Geller with his wife. Patchen writes that working with Geller could be a "real break" for them. He fills the letter with news of his work, rain that would drive crowds from his readings, "bkstore imprints" and "Doris Duke" who hadn't seen the "letter sent to Foundation...." A fine information laden letter from husband to wife.. Simply signed, "Kenneth." With full signature in the form of the addressee, "Mrs. Kenneth Patchen.
Estatuto de la Sociedad Patriótica de Nueva Galicia

Estatuto de la Sociedad Patriótica de Nueva Galicia by [Mexico]. [Society]

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Seller: McBride Rare Books
Title
Estatuto de la Sociedad Patriótica de Nueva Galicia
Author
[Mexico]. [Society]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
Guadalajara: Imprenta de D. Mariano Rodriguez, 1821. Very good plus.. 37 [i.e.,27] pp. Disbound. Edges painted red. Scattered, light foxing at fore-edge margin. Scarce Guadalajara imprint that comprises the statutes of the recently founded Sociedad Patriotica de Nueva Galicia, which was intended to promote agriculture, arts, and sciences in Jalisco. The first three articles of the statues outline the interests of the society, which also extended into other areas such as public education, mining, and industry; define the different levels of membership, and their obligations; and set out the requirements for admission. Many of the remaining articles enumerate the duties of various club officers, but the last several discuss the makeup and purpose of several committees, prizes and other remunerations granted by the society, and various ceremonies specific to the club. OCLC locates just one copy, at Berkeley.
JOHN MARKLE REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN

JOHN MARKLE REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN by (BINDINGS - STIKEMAN & CO). (MARKLE, JOHN). SPENCE, ROBERT J.

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
JOHN MARKLE REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN
Author
(BINDINGS - STIKEMAN & CO). (MARKLE, JOHN). SPENCE, ROBERT J.
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Leonard Scott Publication Co, 1929. No. 56 OF 300 COPIES. 260 x 182 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 1/8"). XIV, [2], 167, [1] pp. LOVELY BLUE MOROCCO, GILT, BY STIKEMAN & CO. (stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in), covers with multiple straight and decorative rules, decorative cornerpieces, raised bands, compartments with central floral motif surrounded by foliate frame and double rules, gilt lettering, gilt ruled turn-ins, light blue watered silk pastedowns and endleaves, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a light blue cloth slipcase. With frontispiece and 23 plates, with original printed tissue guards. SIGNED by Markle on the limitations page, with an inscription (probably in a secretarial hand): To Karrick M. Castle / With my compliments. Spine very lightly sunned, hint of rubbing to corners, but in very fine condition inside and out. This is a finely printed and beautifully bound biography of John Markle (1858-1953), one of the nation's most accomplished and affluent engineers and coal mining executives. His chief feat of engineering was the building of the Jeddo Tunnel in Pennsylvania, a drainage tunnel that expels mine water through five miles of solid rock. Under the influence of his friend J. P. Morgan, Markle became a prominent philanthropist, giving away more than $17 million to worthy causes through the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation. During the period from the retirement of William Matthews to the establishment of the Club Bindery, there was no better binder in America than Henry Stikeman, who exhibited "extraordinary skill . . . in design, inlaying, and tooling." (Maser Collection) Stikeman's firm did high-end publisher's bindings as "bread and butter" work, and luxurious gilt-tooled bindings for collectors..
(Blaxploitation film) BLACK BELT JONES [1974] Film script by Oscar Williams

(Blaxploitation film) BLACK BELT JONES [1974] Film script by Oscar Williams by Oscar Williams, Alex Ross, Fred Weintraub

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Title
(Blaxploitation film) BLACK BELT JONES [1974] Film script by Oscar Williams
Author
Oscar Williams, Alex Ross, Fred Weintraub
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Description
Sequoia Pictures. Softcover/Paperback. [Los Angeles]: Sequoia Pictures, [1974]. Vintage original film script, 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.), 87 pp. Screenplay by Oscar Williams, from an original story by Alex Ross and Fred Weintraub. Printed wrappers, mimeograph, an illegible notation is crossed out in ink on title page, overall fine. Blaxploitation martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Jim Kelly and Gloria Hendry. The film is a spiritual successor to Clouse's prior film Enter the Dragon, in which Kelly had a supporting role. Here, Kelly features in his first starring role as the eponymous character, a local hero who fights the Mafia and a local drug dealer threatening his friend's dojo. "It's popcorn, comic-strip entertainment that moves swiftly and has a good kick now and then." (Donald Bogle, Blacks in American Film, p. 22)
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N. Y. K. (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) Line. Asama Maru - the Farthest Advance in Trans - Pacific Shipping by Rothe, Lewis

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Title
N. Y. K. (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) Line. Asama Maru - the Farthest Advance in Trans - Pacific Shipping
Author
Rothe, Lewis
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Chicago: Poole Bros., Inc., 1929. First Edition. Good. Large, die-cut brochure; 8 x 17 1/2; pp. 2-18; brick-red wraps, decorated with a vignette in black and gold; illustrated with numerous gilded and tinted drawings and photographs, including a fold-out diagram at the end; a few small punctures to edges from removed staples (minor loss of paper to top edge of first leaf); tissue guard at the beginning detached, but present; very-thin, silk strip between pages 2 and 3; in good to very good condition. A stunning piece, it was created by noted artist and graphic designer Lewis Rothe (1874 - 1951) as an advertisement for Asama Maru - a Japanese ocean liner, built in 1927 - 1929 by Mitsubishi for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha shipping company's luxury high-speed trans-Pacific Orient-California (Los Angeles and San Francisco) service. It could provide accomodations for 222 first-class passengers, 96 second-class passengers, and 504 third-class passengers. Leading quite the interesting life, the liner would transport the Japanese Olympic team to Los Angeles for the 1932 Summer Olympics, would carry Hellen Keller in 1937 with a message of good will from President Roosevelt, would be grounded by the Great Hong Kong Typhoon that same year, and would be intercepted and boarded by an armed party from the Royal Navy Light Cruiser HMS Liverpool in 1940. The current brochure was composed of a series of overlaping deck outlines, from Rothe's rendering of the vessel, revealing a progressive cutaway view of the ship. As each die-cut leaf was lifted, showing that particular deck, a description of the area, the accomodations, the amenities, etc. was revealed (the pool, the Great Smoking Room, the Library, the first-class cabins). The large, fold-out diagram at the end showcased a plan of the entire passenger accomodation. The last page contained an exhaustive list of agents and correspondents at principal ports of call and shipping centers.
Postcard invitation: libri originali 1972-77 (opens 14 March 1978)

Postcard invitation: libri originali 1972-77 (opens 14 March 1978) by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara & SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele)

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Title
Postcard invitation: libri originali 1972-77 (opens 14 March 1978)
Author
(SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara & SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Genoa: Saman Gallery, 1978. Scarce postcard mailed on the occasion of the Schmidt-Heins twins’ exhibition at Saman Gallery. The twins are two of the most important European book artists. Near fine; some minor creasing from mailing. Addressed to Eve Sonneman.
Exhibition postcard: Salvo (opens 15 November [1975])

Exhibition postcard: Salvo (opens 15 November [1975]) by (SALVO)

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Exhibition postcard: Salvo (opens 15 November [1975])
Author
(SALVO)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Cologne: Paul Maenz, [1975]. Postcard invitation to Salvo’s 1975 show with Maenz, with a party invitation attached by sticker. In fine condition. ❧ Gerd de Vries, ed., Eine Avantgarde-Galerie und die Kunst der Zeit: Paul Maenz Köln, 1970 – 1980 – 1990, p. 254.
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The face of the world; an international scrapbook of people and places by Beaton,Cecil

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Title
The face of the world; an international scrapbook of people and places
Author
Beaton,Cecil
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: John Day, 1957. First American edition. Cloth, fine in price-clipped, lightly soiled, dust jacket. 240 p. illus. 29 cm.
Copy Book of Marie E. Merrill with Entertaining Cover Design -- Cheeky School Boys, Dunce Cap

Copy Book of Marie E. Merrill with Entertaining Cover Design -- Cheeky School Boys, Dunce Cap

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Title
Copy Book of Marie E. Merrill with Entertaining Cover Design -- Cheeky School Boys, Dunce Cap
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Good, extremities chipped/worn, lacking one leaf.
Description
Cambridgeport, Massachusetts: L.S. Learned's Manufactory, 1870. Good, extremities chipped/worn, lacking one leaf.. A manuscript copy book of a school girl named Marie E. Merrill, presumably of Massachusetts, notable for its humorous and well-designed cover illustration. The image depicts seven school boys, each with personality and expressiveness. One proudly displays his chalkboard art, while others smile and lean on each other. Note the boy wearing a dunce cap in the back, grimacing at the others free to fool around while he has to keep doing his reading. Also includes smaller illustrations of school room scenes around the edge. A nice example of humor and personality in the classroom. Single vol. (8.5" by 7"), 11 lined leaves (lacking one) sewn in original illus. green wrps., ownership inscriptions in ink and pencil to upper wrapper.
Histoire Populaire de La France, in Four Volumes [FRENCH TEXT]

Histoire Populaire de La France, in Four Volumes [FRENCH TEXT] by [No Author]

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Title
Histoire Populaire de La France, in Four Volumes [FRENCH TEXT]
Author
[No Author]
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Generale / Typographie Lahure, 1875. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. No publisher date. All volumes: edge wear and surface tears or chips in boards, loss to spine head. 1875 Half-Leather. 416; 416; 432; 428 pp. French text. Half-leather with black cloth boards. Four volume set. Includes 1414 engraved illustrations throughout. A 19th century history of France from ancient times through the Napoleonic era.
John Calvin as Teacher, Pastor, and Theologian: The Shape of His Writings and Thought

John Calvin as Teacher, Pastor, and Theologian: The Shape of His Writings and Thought by Zachman, Randall C

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Title
John Calvin as Teacher, Pastor, and Theologian: The Shape of His Writings and Thought
Author
Zachman, Randall C
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780801031298
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. First edition - a paperback original. An excellent copy. 2006 Trade Paperback. 277 pp. John Calvin has been the subject of numerous studies, but most have focused on one aspect of his thought or a limited selection of his writings. This study of Calvin adopts a uniquely holistic approach. Randall Zachman begins with a brief biography and considers Calvin's own understanding of his ministry as a teacher and pastor. From this perspective, he surveys Calvin's writings and their place in the work of reforming the church both through the training of clergy and the instruction of the laity. Zachman then considers Calvin as a theologian. In contrast to Martin Luther, Calvin sought to balance the verbal proclamation of the Word with an emphasis on the visible manifestation of God both in creation and in Christ. This study will be of great interest to Reformed clergy and to students of the Reformation and Calvinism.
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GENERATION OF VIPERS by Wylie, Philip

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Title
GENERATION OF VIPERS
Author
Wylie, Philip
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
GENERATION OF VIPERS, Farrar & Rinehart , 1942, first edition, a vg+ copy.

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